Bam Adebayo vs. Reggie Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Miller and Bam Adebayo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Bam Adebayo played 9 years in the NBA, 9 less than Reggie Miller, who played 18. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Reggie Miller had his rookie season in 1987-88. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Reggie Miller
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	72	33.6	15.9	2.4	7.8	10.2	5.1	1.1	1.3	2.8	2.5	6.1	11.0	.557	0.0	0.2	.143	3.7	5.3	.691
difference:	+10	+5.3	+8.7	+1.2	+5.4	+6.6	+1.3	+0.2	+1.1	-0.1	-0.4	+2.0	+4.7	+.043	+1.8	+4.2	+.271	+2.9	+2.3	+.177
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	19	36.2	17.8	2.5	7.8	10.3	4.4	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.1	6.5	11.6	.564	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.1	.783
difference:	+16	+5.5	+2.9	+2.2	+4.1	+6.3	+2.4		+0.8	-1.5	-1.1	+0.2	+0.1	+.007	+1.0	+2.2	+.429	+1.6	+0.9	+.122
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Reggie Miller
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	64	33.5	18.7	2.2	6.7	9.0	5.4	1.2	1.0	2.6	2.3	7.1	12.5	.570	0.0	0.1	.250	4.4	5.5	.799
difference:	+18	+2.7	+3.9	+1.2	+4.3	+5.6	+1.4	+0.1	+0.8	-0.6	-0.3	+0.2	+1.7	+.058	+1.4	+3.8	+.098	+2.3	+1.8	+.119
Reggie Miller	82	36.2	22.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	7.3	14.2	.512	1.4	3.9	.348	6.7	7.3	.918
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	4	34.0	15.5	3.5	5.8	9.3	4.3	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.8	6.5	14.3	.456	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.3	.769
difference:	+1	+4.6	+6.1	+2.5	+3.6	+6.1	+1.5	+0.3	+0.1	-0.4		+0.3	+0.3	+.030	+1.6	+3.8		+3.9	+4.1	+.096
Reggie Miller	5	38.6	21.6	1.0	2.2	3.2	2.8	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.8	6.8	14.0	.486	1.6	3.8	.421	6.4	7.4	.865

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Reggie Miller
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	56	32.6	19.1	2.4	7.6	10.1	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.6	3.1	7.3	13.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.1	.753
difference:	+26	+5.4	+1.6	+1.4	+4.7	+6.2	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.5	+0.4	+0.7	+.056	+1.6	+4.1	+.378	+0.8	+0.2	+.105
Reggie Miller	82	38.0	20.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.9	13.7	.501	1.6	4.2	.378	5.4	6.3	.858
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	18	34.1	14.8	2.1	5.9	8.0	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.1	5.8	9.7	.594	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.2	.763
difference:	+15	+9.2	+12.2	+0.8	+4.9	+5.7	+2.0	+0.3	+0.7	-0.8	-0.9	+2.5	+4.6	+.013	+2.3	+3.6	+.636	+4.8	+5.8	+.037
Reggie Miller	3	43.3	27.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	4.7	1.3	0.0	1.3	4.0	8.3	14.3	.581	2.3	3.7	.636	8.0	10.0	.800

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Reggie Miller
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	75	34.6	20.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.5	2.8	8.0	14.9	.540	0.0	0.2	.083	4.3	5.4	.806
difference:	+7	+1.4	+0.8	+1.7	+4.4	+6.1		+0.3	+0.5	-0.7	-0.6	+1.0	+0.4	+.061	+2.0	+4.9	+.316	+0.9	+0.5	+.074
Reggie Miller	82	36.0	21.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.2	1.5	0.3	1.8	2.2	7.0	14.5	.479	2.0	5.1	.399	5.2	5.9	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	23	37.0	17.9	2.7	7.1	9.9	3.7	0.8	0.7	2.7	3.1	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.821
difference:	+19	+6.8	+13.6	+1.7	+5.1	+6.9	+0.9		+0.7	-0.2	-0.3	+2.7	+3.7	+.052	+2.5	+4.7	+.526	+5.6	+5.4	+.126
Reggie Miller	4	43.8	31.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.8	10.0	18.8	.533	2.5	4.8	.526	9.0	9.5	.947

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Reggie Miller
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	71	34.0	19.3	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.9	1.1	0.9	2.3	2.2	7.5	14.3	.521	0.2	0.6	.357	4.1	5.5	.755
difference:	+8	+0.6	+0.6	+1.8	+5.8	+7.7	+0.8	+0.4	+0.6	-0.1	-0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+.018	+1.4	+3.1	+.064	+1.0	+0.1	+.153
Reggie Miller	79	33.4	19.9	0.4	2.3	2.7	3.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.6	13.2	.503	1.6	3.7	.421	5.1	5.6	.908
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	38.4	22.6	2.2	7.2	9.4	3.8	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.0	9.6	19.4	.495	0.4	2.0	.200	3.0	4.2	.714
difference:	+11	+2.4	+0.6	+1.5	+4.9	+6.4	+0.9	+0.9	+0.3	-0.4	-0.9	+2.0	+2.5	+.047	+1.8	+3.2	+.222	+2.9	+2.8	+.125
Reggie Miller	16	36.0	23.2	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.1	7.6	16.9	.448	2.2	5.2	.422	5.9	7.0	.839

Season 8
	Bam Adebayo	Reggie Miller
Season	2024-25	1994-95
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	78	34.3	18.1	2.4	7.2	9.6	4.3	1.3	0.7	2.1	2.1	6.9	14.3	.485	1.0	2.8	.357	3.2	4.2	.765
difference:	+3	+1.4	+1.5	+2.0	+5.0	+7.0	+1.3	+0.1	+0.5	-0.2	-0.2	+0.7	+0.8	+.023	+1.4	+3.0	+.058	+1.5	+1.1	+.132
Reggie Miller	81	32.9	19.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	6.2	13.5	.462	2.4	5.8	.415	4.7	5.3	.897
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	4	38.3	17.5	4.0	7.0	11.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	3.0	2.3	7.0	16.0	.438	1.8	5.3	.333	1.8	2.8	.636
difference:	+13	+0.6	+8.0	+3.5	+3.9	+7.4	+2.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.2	+1.1	+1.1	+.038	+1.4	+2.2	+.089	+4.3	+4.3	+.224
Reggie Miller	17	37.7	25.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.1	8.1	17.1	.476	3.2	7.5	.422	6.1	7.1	.860

Season 9
	Bam Adebayo	Reggie Miller
Season	2025-26	1995-96
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	33.6	23.0	1.4	7.8	9.2	2.8	0.6	0.2	2.8	2.0	7.8	18.0	.433	2.6	7.2	.361	4.8	5.4	.889
difference:	+71	+0.9	+1.9	+0.9	+5.5	+6.4	+0.5	+0.4		-0.3	-0.3	+1.2	+4.0	+.040	+0.4	+1.8	+.049	+0.9	+1.2	+.026
Reggie Miller	76	34.5	21.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.6	14.0	.473	2.2	5.4	.410	5.7	6.6	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	1	31.0	29.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	17.0	.412	2.0	6.0	.333	13.0	15.0	.867

Additional Years
* Reggie Miller played 9 seasons more than Bam Adebayo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 1997 to 2005—Reggie Miller played in 8 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Bam Adebayo, Reggie Miller got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game